A Vast World!

First, Zhao Xiao was not a native cultivator of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. He came from another greater world, one known as the Immortal Domain.

Second, immortals existed within the Immortal Domain, while there were no immortals in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, because it was impossible to become immortal there!

Lastly, and most importantly, Immortal Kings existed in the Immortal Domain. Immortal Kings were terrifyingly powerful. Nothing else needed to be said—just the reverence and yearning on Zhao Xiao's face when he mentioned the words "Immortal King" were enough to explain everything!

"I hope Zhao Xiao can tell us more about the Immortal Domain!"

Unfortunately, things did not go as people wished. Zhao Xiao only gave a rough overview of the Immortal Domain before shifting the topic to the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.

"What I'm about to say is also only what I read in ancient records. I can't guarantee whether it's true or false. After all, I only came to the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands to gain experience."

As he spoke, Zhao Xiao drew nineteen circles of varying sizes within the circle representing the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. He wrote Three Thousand Dao Provinces in one of them.

"It is said that the heaven and earth of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands was once whole and complete, known as the Primitive Ancient World. But during the battle of the Immortal Ancient Era, the Primitive Ancient World fought the Other Realm, shaking the entire Myriad Worlds. Many powerful figures from the Immortal Domain even entered the Primitive Ancient World to help, including Immortal King-level experts whose strength was terrifying beyond measure."

"The ancient records state that the battle was exceptionally brutal. True Immortals of the Primitive Ancient World fell, and Immortal Kings bled. In the end, the Primitive Ancient World was utterly shattered. Some ancient domains vanished forever, while the remaining ancient domains became the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands—nineteen worlds of varying strength."

"The Upper Realm of the Eight Regions is called the Three Thousand Dao Provinces, and it is one of the Ten Lands."

As he spoke, Zhao Xiao drew more than a dozen tiny circles beside the circle representing the Three Thousand Dao Provinces, along with several dots. He wrote the words Eight Regions over one of the small circles.

"There are countless worlds like the Eight Regions within the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands."

On Douluo Continent, as Zhao Xiao slowly introduced the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, everyone fell silent.

In the Star Luo Empire, Emperor Dai An stared fixedly at the countless small circles Zhao Xiao had drawn, his eyes burning with fervor.

"It's too vast. The Nine Heavens and Ten Lands are simply too vast! If our Star Luo Empire could occupy even one of those small worlds, we would probably become ten thousand times more prosperous than we are now!"

Uh...

Dai Weisi, standing before Dai An, fell silent. He had no idea how to respond to his father's wildly fanciful notion...

As the saying went, a father knew his son best. Dai An saw through Dai Weisi's thoughts at a glance. Curling his lip, he said disdainfully,

"I know my idea is wildly fanciful and utterly unrealistic. But have you ever considered that one day, our Star Luo Empire might truly occupy one of those small worlds? Today, I will tell you this: one must have dreams. Even if that dream is terribly unrealistic, as long as you work toward it, after a thousand years, ten thousand years, even a hundred thousand or a million years, it will eventually come true!"

"How did that old saying go again? If a person has no dreams, what's the difference between them and a salted fish?!"

Dai Weisi: ...

Fine. You're my father. You're always right.

On Sea God Island, Bo Saixi's eyes had originally been fixed on the portion of the Light Screen showing Tang Hao's cultivation. However, when Teacher Zhao Xiao began the Knowledge Briefing, her attention was instantly drawn away, her face full of shock.

"I never imagined that the Three Thousand Dao Provinces are merely one of the nineteen worlds of varying strength in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, while the Eight Regions are just one among countless worlds. Even that one world alone is countless times larger than our Douluo Continent! Incredible, truly incredible! The Nine Heavens and Ten Lands are simply too vast!"

"Tang Chen, you have to work hard! By now, becoming a god should no longer be enough for you, right? I'll be waiting for you to come and take me away!"

At Shrek Academy, Tang San practically wanted to press his eyes against the Light Screen to examine the small circles Zhao Xiao had drawn from up close.

Could it be that the world from his previous life was one of those small circles Zhao Xiao had drawn?

"San Ge, what's wrong? Why are you so excited? Your injuries haven't healed yet."

Xiao Wu, whose heart was entirely devoted to Tang San, immediately noticed that something was different about him. She hurriedly asked, afraid that he might aggravate his injuries.

Hearing Xiao Wu's voice, Tang San finally pulled himself from his thoughts. He forcefully suppressed the turmoil in his heart and shook his head.

"It's nothing. I just thought of my hometown."

His hometown? Holy Soul Village?

Xiao Wu reached out and took Tang San's hand, intertwining their fingers and clasping them tightly together.

"San Ge, let's go back to Holy Soul Village after some time."

After a brief silence, Tang San nodded.

"Alright."

Elsewhere in Shrek Academy, the Mysterious Girl, the mastermind behind the scenes, was also staring fervently at the small circles Zhao Xiao had drawn. Unable to hold herself back, she asked her system,

"System, system, come out quickly. Do you think the world I came from is also one of the worlds in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands? Can I go to the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands first, then go home?"

[Host, you're overthinking it. The world you came from does not belong to the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands system at all. It should be a planet called Blue Star, located in some small world beneath another small world beneath another greater world. Furthermore, according to this system's assessment, it is impossible to know how many worlds lie between our Douluo World, or even the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, and your world.]

[Back then, I encountered you within a turbulent stream of spacetime. When I found you, your soul had already been eroded by spacetime until it was incomparably weak. Normally, time stands still within a turbulent stream of spacetime. Whatever state your soul entered in would remain unchanged no matter how long passed. There is only one possibility: too much time had passed. Even turbulent streams of spacetime fluctuate, and each fluctuation weakens your soul.]

[In other words, you remained within that turbulent stream of spacetime for so long that even you have no idea how long it was before you arrived near the Douluo World and encountered me.]

[If worlds such as the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and the Immortal Domain constitute an entire Myriad Worlds, then the world you came from is in another Myriad Worlds infinitely far away. Do you understand, my host?]

After hearing the system's words, the girl fell silent.

After an unknown amount of time, she finally nodded.

"I understand. But... I really miss my father and mother..."

"I miss my father combing my hair. I miss the braised pork ribs my mother made..."

"System, do you think I can still go back?"

[...Of course you can. You definitely can. You absolutely can!]

At the same time, after a brief silence, Zhao Xiao revealed information he had heard before leaving the Immortal Domain, spoken by a True Immortal expert of the Chu Family.